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"In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily." prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
Why Does Schumer Keep Trying to Cave? - The American Prospect
The Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. On Thursday, they told their caucus colleagues they had ten votes to reopen the government—i...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"In fact, they were acting with the express approval of Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and were reporting to him daily." prospect.org/2025/11/08/w...
@nytransitmuseum.bsky.social whips.
10/10 dork friendly weekend activity.
10/10 dork friendly weekend activity.
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@nytransitmuseum.bsky.social whips.
10/10 dork friendly weekend activity.
10/10 dork friendly weekend activity.
Call your senator now!
Remove Chuck Schumer,
Expel the cowards from the Dem Caucus.
Never vote for filibuster defenders.
Remove Chuck Schumer,
Expel the cowards from the Dem Caucus.
Never vote for filibuster defenders.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Call your senator now!
Remove Chuck Schumer,
Expel the cowards from the Dem Caucus.
Never vote for filibuster defenders.
Remove Chuck Schumer,
Expel the cowards from the Dem Caucus.
Never vote for filibuster defenders.
Remove Chuck Schumer. Expel the 8 from the Democratic Caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Remove Chuck Schumer. Expel the 8 from the Democratic Caucus.
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Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Make “I will vote to end the filibuster“ your primary red line.
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Make “I will vote to end the filibuster“ your primary red line.
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i suspect there’s some truth to this and also why we should be EXTREMELY skeptical that senate dems as currently constituted would ditch the filibuster should they ever have a trifecta again
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
i suspect there’s some truth to this and also why we should be EXTREMELY skeptical that senate dems as currently constituted would ditch the filibuster should they ever have a trifecta again
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I lapsed in my dues at some point. Im rejoining today. We need determined opposition with a vision for a just America. DSA are the best org out there organizing for that.
@socialists.nyc
I lapsed in my dues at some point. Im rejoining today. We need determined opposition with a vision for a just America. DSA are the best org out there organizing for that.
@socialists.nyc
Join DSA. Become a member today.
Democratic socialists have an historic opportunity and responsibility to play a central role in continuing the political revolution for the long term. As a democratic, grassroots organization, DSA is ...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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I lapsed in my dues at some point. Im rejoining today. We need determined opposition with a vision for a just America. DSA are the best org out there organizing for that.
@socialists.nyc
I lapsed in my dues at some point. Im rejoining today. We need determined opposition with a vision for a just America. DSA are the best org out there organizing for that.
@socialists.nyc
First rule of negotiation. Know your BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement).
The BATNA was the end of the filibuster, the worst minoritarian institution, bane of all Dem policy goals - whilst the opposition would take full blame for their hated policies for 1-3 years.
The Dems lost.
The BATNA was the end of the filibuster, the worst minoritarian institution, bane of all Dem policy goals - whilst the opposition would take full blame for their hated policies for 1-3 years.
The Dems lost.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 AM
First rule of negotiation. Know your BATNA (best alternative to a negotiated agreement).
The BATNA was the end of the filibuster, the worst minoritarian institution, bane of all Dem policy goals - whilst the opposition would take full blame for their hated policies for 1-3 years.
The Dems lost.
The BATNA was the end of the filibuster, the worst minoritarian institution, bane of all Dem policy goals - whilst the opposition would take full blame for their hated policies for 1-3 years.
The Dems lost.
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A “deal” that leaves millions facing higher health costs in exchange for empty promises is a betrayal.
Americans are counting on Democrats to stand up for them, not give in.
The Senate should reject it, and I will vote NO if it reaches the House.
Americans are counting on Democrats to stand up for them, not give in.
The Senate should reject it, and I will vote NO if it reaches the House.
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
A “deal” that leaves millions facing higher health costs in exchange for empty promises is a betrayal.
Americans are counting on Democrats to stand up for them, not give in.
The Senate should reject it, and I will vote NO if it reaches the House.
Americans are counting on Democrats to stand up for them, not give in.
The Senate should reject it, and I will vote NO if it reaches the House.
Chad Dekha Jai 🌗
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Chad Dekha Jai 🌗
Small but undeniable W for democracy that Trump pivoted from “statuary marble” bathrooms, to walking in front of used car lots with oversized scissors declaring he’s cutting price tags on overstocked inventory.
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Small but undeniable W for democracy that Trump pivoted from “statuary marble” bathrooms, to walking in front of used car lots with oversized scissors declaring he’s cutting price tags on overstocked inventory.
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"the best explanation for 2025 is that voters didn’t know what they were getting with Trump 2.0 last November, but now they do — and they don’t like it." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
Seven data-driven lessons from the 2025 elections
Democrats outran their polls and swept statewide races from Georgia to New Jersey, on an agenda of affordability and a broad anti-Trump backlash
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"the best explanation for 2025 is that voters didn’t know what they were getting with Trump 2.0 last November, but now they do — and they don’t like it." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
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the opaque algorithm controlled by a bad actor that mostly shows me things i disagree with.... very bad. The opaque algorithm controlled by a bad actor that mostly shows me things i agree with... very very good
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
the opaque algorithm controlled by a bad actor that mostly shows me things i disagree with.... very bad. The opaque algorithm controlled by a bad actor that mostly shows me things i agree with... very very good
The Nazis are going to win the GOP civil war and soon. Treason, like comedy, is all about the timing. And Vance, a prolific traitor with impeccable timing, is making speeches throwing equality before the law for his wife and mixed race family under the bus.
November 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Nazis are going to win the GOP civil war and soon. Treason, like comedy, is all about the timing. And Vance, a prolific traitor with impeccable timing, is making speeches throwing equality before the law for his wife and mixed race family under the bus.
NYTimes loves shoving “advice from your worst enemy” down Democrats gullets like we were foi grois geese.
In this article about why Harris lost in 2024, Ross Douthat does not mention "inflation" a single time.
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
NYTimes loves shoving “advice from your worst enemy” down Democrats gullets like we were foi grois geese.
We love the mismanagement, we love the grief. We’re bringing them back. You’re going to be able to suffer them all again.
November 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We love the mismanagement, we love the grief. We’re bringing them back. You’re going to be able to suffer them all again.
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One time. The GOP has won more than 50% of the popular vote <one time> since 1992. And yet, every day, you are bombarded with Takes™️ from Ezra Douthglesias about how deeply unpopular The Democrats and their policy platform are, without any reflection on how the same standard applies to the GOP.
The Dems have won the popular vote in presidential elections six times since 1992 by roughly 5.5%(1992), 8.5%,(1996) .5%(2000), 7.3%(2008), 4%(2012), 2%(2016),and 4.5%(2020).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
In that period the GOP presidential candidate has won the popular vote twice: 2.5%(2004) and 1.5%(2024).
Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
One time. The GOP has won more than 50% of the popular vote <one time> since 1992. And yet, every day, you are bombarded with Takes™️ from Ezra Douthglesias about how deeply unpopular The Democrats and their policy platform are, without any reflection on how the same standard applies to the GOP.
I think Wilson’s argument here make some sense and any automated surveillance tech Blue states invest in should have legal guard rails that it will be dismantled if ICE et al use it. But yes cameras do help solve crimes. Solving crimes is good.
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I think Wilson’s argument here make some sense and any automated surveillance tech Blue states invest in should have legal guard rails that it will be dismantled if ICE et al use it. But yes cameras do help solve crimes. Solving crimes is good.
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as the GOAT Fed Chair Marriner Eccles wrote
November 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
as the GOAT Fed Chair Marriner Eccles wrote
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Trump posts his worst-ever net approval rating in a CNN poll this morning, 37% to 63% (-26) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Trump posts his worst-ever net approval rating in a CNN poll this morning, 37% to 63% (-26) s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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it is not remarked upon enough that these guys just genuinely and sincerely hate america and hate americans
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
it is not remarked upon enough that these guys just genuinely and sincerely hate america and hate americans
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64% of the country might say “we're too divided to solve our problems,” but a plurality of the voters chose a President who called his political opponents “vermin” and said the greatest threat we face as a country is “the enemy within.” I think there may be a stated vs. revealed preference problem.
I will never understand the pundit obsession with getting Democrats to solve "political division."
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
64% of the country might say “we're too divided to solve our problems,” but a plurality of the voters chose a President who called his political opponents “vermin” and said the greatest threat we face as a country is “the enemy within.” I think there may be a stated vs. revealed preference problem.